Antonio Barcelo

Antonio Barcelo y Pont de la Terra (1 January 1717-30 January 1797) was an Admiral of the Kingdom of Spain's navy during the Spanish-Barbary Wars and American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Antoni Barcelo i Pont de la Terra was born in Palma, Majorca, one of the Balearic Isles off the coast of mainland Spain, and became an officer of the Spanish Navy. Barcelo fought against the Algerian privateers of the city of Algiers during Spain's wars with the Barbary States and took part in the bombardments of Algiers in August 1783 and July 1784. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Barcelo used floating batteries during the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1782), but this failed to win the battle.